Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



No. 822,720. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

H, B. BURKE. I METALLIG TIE AND RAIL PASTE-NEE.

APPLIOATI ON FILED AUG. 25, 1905.

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HENRY B. BURKE, 0F ii Application filed to To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY in, a citizen of the United Eltates of America, residing at Nindber, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have inven ed or sleeper which can be readily rolled and sheared in desired lengths.

I have crmstructcd in y no proved. tics Whereby they will firmly and rigidly support sec-- tions of rails mounted upon the same. and in;

this connection 1 h ve devised novel,l'astcning. means for retaining the rails in'poSition upon the ties and preventing thein from spreading by the vibratory stresses exerted upon the same by rolling-stock passing over the treads of the rails. in constructing my improved ties l. have also devised novel means for fastening the same in the ballast or foundation of a road-bed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel canistruction, combination, and arrangement oi parts to be hereinafter niore'iully described and claimed. i

The present invention is an improvement upon my improved metallic tie and rail-instener patented December 13, 1004, No. 777,493, and the essential features 01 the present invention (one of which is wholly generic to the present case) are necessarily susceptible to structural change without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention; but the prcicrred. en'ibodiinents are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view oi two of my improved metallic tics, illustrating a railjoint and a section of rail equippedv with my improved fasteners. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one oi" the metallic tics, illustrating rails secured thereon. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a -lish-loar used in connection with my iniproved ties. Fig. i is a perspective view of one. of the rail-fasteners constructed in ac cordance with my invention. Fig. 5 is an tors Eatent. Patented June 5, 1. 96 5.

' elevation oi one i. lie sccuringspikes, show ing by dottcdlines the point at which the spike adapted to bent to clench the same in the tie. lil ii is an end vie oi a tlodllil8- tratiug a rail-whit hurried direclly upon the tie. k

To put my l! vention into practice, l construct my improved tics of a strong and durahie metahand the tics d "gnated l l areprolcrably rolled to conl or n to a suhstantiallyl shape in are; lion and are prcl'cral;-ly made of such a. material that the same can he easily sheared into the desired lengths of ties required. After the ties have been sheared the desired lengths the basedlangos 2 of the ties are sheared or cat, as at 3, and the matcrial 4- bent downwardly Lo form a depending); blade which is ada pied to engage in the lial last or foundation ol the road-bed upon which the ties are laid. When shearing the lniso-llangcs 2, 1 preferably sh ar the same, whereby the material t upon one side oi the web portions (3 of the tics will be -:liamotrically opposite the sheared material upon the opposite side of the Web portion 6 ol' the tics, this being cloarlv illustrated in Figs. 2 and l of the drawings. The head e oi the tie and the base-l angc 3 are provided. respectively, with slots 7 and 8, these slots heingr 'l orined in the head and base lianges oi the tie adjacent to the web portion 6 thereof. Four slots are formed in the head and base flanges oi the tie, two slots being formed in transverse alinoincnt to-the tic, whereby when the sections of rails i ii), and llv are placed upon the heads (3 ol the tics l l two slots will be upon each side oi the base oi said sections of rails, and these slots will be in vertical alineinont with. the slots of the basollanges oi said ties.

The rail-fastener consists oi a sul stantially U-shaped clamp 12, the horizontal por tions 14 id having their coul'ronting laces beveled, as at l5, those clamps, illustrated in Figs. l and .2 of the drawings, being adapted to he used in. connection with the section of rail ll and are adapted to be placed in the slots 7 ol the heads of the tics upon each side oi the base 16 oi the section of rail H, and the inclined confronting faces 15 are adapted to engage the top surface of the base 16 of the rail and the underneath is ac oi the head ll of the tics and to secure said clamps within the slots 7 after the clamps have been moved over into engagement with the base of therail, the slots being; ol' a sullicicnt size to admit the horizontal portions oi" the clamps, spikes l7 Jud) 17 are employed For looking the clamps in engagement with the rail 11. These spikes are of a peculiar form, as will he observed by referring to Fig. 5 of the drawings, wherein I have illustrated one of said spikes. Each spike consists ol a vertical portion 18, having an outwardlvextending lip 19. 'lhesespikes are adapted to pass downwardly slots 7 and 8 of the ties to lock the clamps in engagement with the rail 1' The ends of the spikes rotruding beneath the ties are adapted to )e bent at right angles, as at 2'1, in engagement With the ties, a conventional form of instrument being employed for this purpose after the ties have been positioned upon the road-bed or Foundation. The lock- 1 ing of the spikes Within their respective slots these bars prevents the clamps from becoming disengaged from the rail .1 1, consequently preventing said rail from spreading or moving laterally upon the ties l 1.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have illustri'tted the rail-sections 9 and It) being joined together between the ties 1 1, and in connection with this joint I employ fish-bars 2'22 22, and are preferably secured to the Web 23 of the rails 9 and 1:) by nuts portions -0 end bolts 24. In order that the fish-bars may be clamped to the ties l I, I provide the depending edges 25 of the fish-bars with de pending L-shaped lugs 26 26, which have their horizontal portions 27 27 formed to project inwardly toward the vertical portions of the fislibars, and these horizontal portions are made of a sullicient size to enter the slots 7, and when placed therein and moved over to engage the base-tlanges of the rails 9 and '10 the spikes 17 are placed in position to firmly hold and retain the fish-bars upon the through the eeegrao ties and, through the medium of the bolts and nuts 224., ret ill 11 the confronting ends of the tions ol rails 9 and .10 in close proximity to one another.

In Fig. (3 of the drawings 1 have illustrated the joint of two sections of rails 28 28 as heing-lornied directl; upon one of the ties l. and in. this instance iisl1--hars of a shor length would. he used and secured similar the lish hars heretofore described.

it is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-descrihed metallic tie and raillastener will he apparent without further ole-- scription, and various changcsin the form, proportion, and minor details of construction. may he resorted to Without (ll-parting iron: the spirit er the invention or oi the advantages thereof.

l'Vl'zat 1 claim, and desire to secure h tors l atent, is

The comhination with a metallie tie of" l:- oeam fo m having its base-flange sheared tIQH-S'VLISGLY from the edge of the beam to the Web of the some, and the sheared portion bent down to lie at right angles to the longtu dinal line of the tie, oi rails mounted on the lio, elan'ips engaging the raill ases and the tie, and passing through tf sacrificing any headed spikes llanges of the lie to secure the clamps in sit ion, and havii'ig their lower ends bent over to clench the same with the tie.

' in testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY B. BURKE.

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